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Artist Sanaz Hakimi opens first solo exhibition in Sweden

Professor Lyndsey Stonebridge: ‘Without art and education, we are not going to get politics which can protect the human condition’

Atefe Asadi: The power of literature in challenging totalitarianism

Poet, writer, and journalist Hussein Al-Dahir takes up Færder’s first ICORN residency

Ahmedur Chowdhury: July 36 and Bangla Spring: Bangladesh's Student Uprising for Democracy

Arts of Democracy: ICORN Cities of Refuge gather in Bodø, the European Capital of Culture

Anisur Rahman on Bangladesh: ‘A nation where all secular culture is under attack’

Mangfoldsfesten: Haugesund’s celebration of diversity

‘The opportunity to connect with other writers from diverse backgrounds was invaluable’: The 2024 Biskops Arnö Writing Workshop

‘Everything's Over and Starting All Over Again’: Aslı Ceren Aslan reflects on her ICORN residency

Journalist, researcher, and political activist Hamed Ainehvand is in ICORN residency in Ljubljana

Nazeeha Saeed: ‘I know the power of my voice and the power of the job I am doing’

Cultural Rhythms Music Festival: Yusuf Suleiman & Cris Gera performing in Vilnius on World Refugee Day

Welcome to ICORN, Geneva!

Music artist Mun Mun is in ICORN residency in Stockholm

Västerås in Sweden is now an ICORN City of Refuge

‘From Tehran to Fredrikstad’: Celebrating Leila Ghahremani’s ICORN residency in Fredrikstad

Strasbourg welcomes feminist journalist and content creator Marwa Olleik as its first ICORN resident

Palestinian hip-hop artist Mohammed El-Susi is the new ICORN resident in Stavanger

A Press for the Planet: Azhar Al-Rubaie’s Journalism in the Face of the Environmental Crisis

The 2024 ICORN General Assembly in Copenhagen, 29-31 May 2024

Eskilstuna ICORN City of Refuge welcomes hip-hop artist Sayed Elyas Zahin

‘The Art of Living on Art’: Creatives Navigating Sweden's Cultural Life

'Never Again' by Farhad Babaei

A beacon of literature, culture, and free expression: Prague becomes an ICORN City of Refuge

International Women’s Day: Fighting for women's rights and freedom of expression

Welcome to Piteå and ICORN, Yusuf Suleiman

Malmö welcomes writer, journalist, and women’s rights activist Hêlan Çiya as ICORN resident

Ersan Pekin is in ICORN residency in Krakow

Preserving Uyghur language and culture: Abduweli Ayup wins the Excellence in Community Linguistics Award

Creative Transformation as a Healing Process: From Literature to Abstract Art

Welcome to ICORN, Porsgrunn!

Painter and illustrator Sanaz Hakimi is Örebro’s new ICORN resident

ADL a Zavidovici awarded the 2023 Mayor Paweł Adamowicz Award

Untold Journeys: Mahsa Malekmarzban Documents the Stories of Immigrant Women in Linköping

‘Human rights and freedom for all’: Celebrating Narges Mohammadi’s Nobel Peace Prize

10 years of ICORN membership: Jönköping County celebrates its commitment to freedom of expression

Bratislava welcomes writer, editor, and graphic designer Farhad Babaei as its first ICORN resident

‘We Are Each Other’s Remedy’: Aslı Ceren Aslan’s literary debut shines light on systemic injustice in Turkey

Reflections from The Garden Sessions and The Safe Havens Conference 2023

Journalist, writer, and translator Omer Abib is in ICORN residency in Östersund

Stockholm ICORN City of Refuge welcomes poet and writer Raafat Hekmat

Wesam Almadani: ‘If the deaths of 1873 children do not mobilise the world- will my words?’

Writer, translator, and activist Meryem Sultan takes up the ICORN residency in Lillehammer

Narges Mohammadi’s Nobel Peace Prize means that ‘the world has heard the voices of Iranian women’ says Moloud Hajizadeh

Taking a Stand for Freedom of Expression at the 2023 Gothenburg Book Fair

Mahdieh Golroo’s ‘Forbidden Letters’: Bravery and Weakness in the Fight for Women’s Rights

Documentary filmmaker Clay Pham takes up ICORN residency in Sweden

Nathalie Goethals on her work as ICORN coordinator: You learn to see your own environment, your city, your own organisation, through different eyes each time’.

Bergen celebrates 15 years as an ICORN City of Refuge

Artists Defying Repression in Iran – Arya Aramnejad in Interview with BBC Persian

Radio journalist, writer, and activist Wahab Michael Sbhatu is the ICORN resident in Kristiansand

Biskops Arnö Writing Workshop 2023: ’Great people, enlightening information, and wonderful nature’

Writer, journalist, and voice actor Saiful Baten Tito takes up ICORN residency in Gothenburg

Uplifting, raw, and angry: Ramy Essam’s new album 'Metgharabiin' is out

Jonas Kongstad Østergård: As ICORN coordinator, you must be open to new opportunities…Lots of trial and error!

Welcome to ICORN, Warsaw

Literary translator and writer Mamon Zaidy takes up the ICORN residency in Uppsala

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights Report: Protecting Human Rights Defenders at Risk

'Resistance rising from the ashes’: Confess on European Tour and ‘Metal Theatre: Aftermath’

Olga Bubich: ICORN resident in Berlin City of Refuge

‘Hope Away from Home’ in Vilnius on World Refugee Day 2023

Pedro X. Molina wins the 2023 Václav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent

ICORN voices at the World Expression Forum and the Young Experts Seminar

The Council of the European Union acknowledges the crucial role and protection needs of artists at risk

Chris Gribble: ‘The depth of commitment of individuals, organisations, and cities to making a difference, to making the world better, never dims’

ICORN is hiring

A week of understanding Iraq in Stavanger

Aaiún Nin is the first recipient of the Grimsrud Scholarship

Azhar Al-Rubaie is in ICORN residency in Malmö

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